Sponsorship Drive:Together, as a community, we can sponsor pigs in rescues or sanctuaries. A sponsorship is a recurring monthly gift donation intended to offset the cost of care for a particular pig. The sponsorship donation helps to cover expenses such as food, bedding, medical needs, veterinary expenses, and other routine needs. Rescues and sanctuaries often depend on these sponsorships to cover the daily expenses for the pigs in their care. Your family may also choose to send holiday goodies, birthday gifts, random treats and surprises to your sponsored pig. Your love can provide a spark of hope for the pig in a rescue until they find a family of their own! Find your own sponsor pig here.

Blanket Drive: Every Pig Deserves a Blanket! The AMPA Rescue Advocates tirelessly spread the word of the Blanket Drive across social media as well as our website and classifieds ads. We encourage everyone to send blankets to their local rescue or sanctuary while including a list of mailing addresses for pig rescues th at have reached out to us. Click here for a list of mailing addresses to send your blankets to. If you are a rescue or sanctuary in need of blankets please email us at RescueAdvocates@AmericanMiniPigRescue.com

Spay & Neuter Assistance:This assistance program is funded by donations and public support. Please help us continue this important mission. This fund helps to keep pigs in their home, helps rescue/sanctuary pigs become adoptable, helps

to prevent behavioral problems, helps to prevent health problems, and is an important step in reducing the number of unwanted or unplanned piglets. Help us to solve the problem of displaced pigs. As of February 2018, we have provided over $16,412 in spay/neuter assistance to pigs in need, helping over 251 pigs afford this life saving procedure as well as microchips to 365 pigs.

For every microchip sold at $15 (shipping included), a second microchip will be available free of charge to a pig in need of assistance.

To date we have provided over 365 microchips in our low cost & free assistance programs to owners and rescues & sanctuaries.

Adoption Bundles help families transition a rescued pig into their home. Order an adoption bundle to be shipped directly to a rescue organization to increase the success rate of their adopted rescue pigs. The AMPA – American Mini Pig Association & American Mini Pig Rescue Advocates are covering 65% of the cost as a contribution to the community. The remaining cost of $15-20 INCLUDES shipping directly to the chosen rescue organization. Donate a bundle to an adoptable pig at a rescue organization!

If you are a rescue organization that adopts pigs to families or individuals, please email rescueadvocates@americanminipigrescue.com to be included in the Adoption Bundle Recipient list. It’s FREE to be included, simply send us your mailing address so we know where to send the adoption bundles. Then you can share with friends, family, and supporters that can order adoption bundles to be sent directly to your rescue.

Facebook: The American Mini Pig Rescue Advocates use Facebook to advocate, encourage support, and network. We are able to share success stories of adoptions, share the needs of other rescues, educate, advocate, and increase community involvement! Facebook is a valuable resource to share our fundraisers in order to help more pigs & rescues. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK & Give us a 5 Star Review!

Amazon Wish List: The Rescue Advocates Amazon Wish List is setup to allow anyone to order gifts for rescues & sanctuaries. The items will mail directly to us so we can put together gift packages and send the items to those in need! Click here to shop Amazon for the rescues and sanctuaries we support. Gift cards are wonderful as we can order the most needed items.

Stacey Davenport educating her community

Educational Booths / Ambassador Program:These booths help to educate the public on mini pigs as pets. We are able to share educational flyers to educate the public. We are able to spread the word of the plight of these pigs that far too often find themselves displaced. We encourage public support of rescues & sanctuaries, helping to drive more donors and supporters to these organizations. Pig parents visiting the booth will benefit from the information to better care for their own pigs & keep them in their home. If a pig parent is having difficulty with a pig at home, the Rescue Advocates work to find a solution to ensure the pig does not become displaced, or to assist in the rehoming if there is no other choice.

Pumpkin Drive: The Great Pumpkin Massacre is a fun theme to promote donating pumpkins to your local rescue or sanctuary. Pigs LOVE pumpkins, the entire pumpkin. After Halloween, many places will give away or sell for very low cost their entire load of pumpkins. Check malls, churches, community events or festivals, roadside pumpkin stands, pumpkin picking farms, grocery stores, or reach out to friends on Facebook to donate their uncut pumpkin displays. Straw bales are a great donation, too! Whether it’s 1 pumpkin or 300 pumpkins, your local pig rescue or sanctuary would be thrilled to have fresh healthy food treats for their porcine pals. Try to avoid pumpkins that have been cut into, because they tend to mold and decay very quickly. We wouldn’t want anyone getting sick. Use this Rescue & Sanctuary Map to find a pigs in need near you!

Networking Adoptable Pigs:The Rescue Advocates played a vital role in incorporating the Adoptable Pig sections in the Mini Pig Classifieds. This one stop shop for all things mini pig will bring more awareness to adoptable pigs while connecting displaced pigs with families that are looking to adopt!

October 2015

Baby Banks & Briar got married! Don’t worry – they are spayed & neutered! These pigs are true ambassadors for those in need. Instead of wedding gifts they asked for donations to be sent to pig rescues. The American Mini Pig Rescue teamed up with the American Mini Pig Association to donate $50 to Ironwood Pig Sanctuary.

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The mission of the American Mini Pig Rescue Advocates is to protect mini pigs through education, advocating, supporting, networking, encouraging support in the mini pig community of rescue organizations, to help keep pigs in their homes, to connect adopters with adoptable pigs, to encourage thorough screening, to improve rescue practices, to encourage responsible rescuing, and to bridge the gaps in the community for the betterment of rescued mini pigs. To protect those without a voice.